Dec 4, 2008

Adoption | Same-Race Adoptions Should Be Encouraged

Many adoption advocates are in favor of increasing transracial adoptions to respond to the overrepresentation of minority children in the child welfare system. However, adoption expert Leslie Doty Hollingsworth contends that the promotion of same-race adoptions is a more desirable solution to the disproportionate numbers of minority children in foster care. In the following viewpoint, Hollingsworth argues that to meet the needs of adoptable minority children, policies and attitudes must be changed to encourage more minority families to adopt. In addition, she claims public policies should...